Jon, Nick, friends,
what AM I reading here? You guys are making me out like some kind of expert.
Listen, let's not get carried away here.
The Spit was our first Brit. car. Yes, Wilf knows body work, we're lucky
this way. So, if we can help with something in that, just ask. I, however,
struggle with this more than anybody, because I'm just learning. We're
trying to help Andre out, who lives not too far from us, and is also
learning.
Our problem lies in doing mechanical work, as British cars are very new to
us. The GT6 is going to be a very big project reg. the body work, it's
holding together like Swiss cheese, and I'm sure, we'll have our problems
with it also. We don't even have a MIG welder, I'm learning on a torch.
BTW, I loved the female parking lot, just trying to figure out how Paul
Teglers car got in there????
Nick, loved your long post update. Great stuff, we'll be doing this next
spring or late winter, and I'll be the one with 100 questions, no doubt.
Take care, let's put these babies back together the way they ones were.
Liv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon" <triumph@bigolbear.com>
To: <nass@yahoogroups.com>; "Team.net Spit list" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: RE: >>NASS Update- Long
> Hi Nick,
> Thought it was just me that the list was a tad quiet... Oh! Wait! Guess
all
> those with cars THAT RUN (think maybe I saw JesseK's yellow Spitter up
near
> Longwood this past weekend) were out enjoying a few last fall rides before
> Ol' Man Winter moves in and drives them off the road... no, I'm not a bit
> jealous! Also saw (and heard) a red Midget and a maroon and white MGB over
> near Mt. Gretna yesterday, but we don't talk about those here... *grin*
>
> And speaking only for myself, I'm hardly one to include with Paul and Liv,
> they've both restored LBCs before. I'm relying on our fellow listers,
books,
> mags, web sites (including Paul's!!), one brother who's a Big Iron welder
by
> trade ("you don't want this 22 gauge paper s**t on your car, use
> quarterinch, it can take a hit and not give") and the other who restored a
> '57 Jag XK140 ("just pay somebody to do the bodywork") to sort the sheet
> metal stuff out. Whether I'm any good at it will be determined by the
> "Laff-O-Meter" at whichever body shop ends up painting Ol' Yeller in the
> spring and my friends at work who've had to suffer through my restoration
> escapades for a year now.
>
> "Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..."
> Jon
> '77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
> FM66043 7U
> Nass #104
> www.bigolbear.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Moseley [mailto:nmoseley@direct.ca]
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:20 AM
> To: Nass; Spit-Enthusiast list; Team.net Spit list
> Subject: >>NASS Update- Long
>
> Hi all. Was writing this to another lister, then thought: list traffic is
> low on the weekend, at least one lister needs their Spit-list-fix, (Fred?)
> so decided to share this long message and fill the void. I can't compare
> with the likes of Paul, Jon, Andre, Liv and others, (welding and forming
> patch panels "challenge" me) but have been moving ahead.
> <snip>
> Cheers
> Nick Moseley
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